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- Summary: The San Francisco noise-rockers' latest is a concept album about the Pied Piper-esque title character, who is based on the drawings of illustrator Ken Kagami.
- Record Label: Kill Rock Stars
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Experimental
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 12 out of 17
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Mixed: 5 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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SpinA perfect album, except perfect is the wrong word for a band so dedicated to kitchen-sink oddness. [Mar 2004, p.96]
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Milk Man is representative of just about everything the band does best: the melodies soar, bend, and crunch; the verse seems interminably driven by its own internal logic; and the band’s members still play with a near-telepathic singularity of thought.
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Deerhoof have moved away from abstract rock noise and toward more familiar structure, without losing the spontaneity of their genre-clashing sound.
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They've focused their maniacal energy into seriously dense and carefully considered songwriting; even the cleaner and deeper production betrays Deerhoof's commitment to letting the songs speak for themselves, and to keeping individual parts as precise and undistracting as possible.
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UncutDeerhoof's skittish collages always, miraculously, have a pop logic to them, and their desire to show that experimental music can be playful rather than forbidding is often heroic. [Jul 2004, p.102]
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Sounds like Deerhoof-in-theory: zero standout tracks, an abundance of groovy sonics.
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Alternative PressA barrage of unfocused fragments that prove this album should have been condensed into a seven-song EP. [May 2004, p.96]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 4 out of 4
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Mixed: 0 out of 4
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Negative: 0 out of 4
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EdMar 9, 2004
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MefistoMar 12, 2004
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DonWMar 15, 2004
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BenjaminBunnyJun 8, 2004
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